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I believe its a 1 game per misconduct after the 2nd one, so for every misconduct he gets from here on out will cost him a game. Usually you get two strikes before being suspended on the third but he got unlucky and got a suspension tacked onto his second misconduct by the league.

Of course, but they aren't going to do it at the expense of it being a financial drain on the budget. Is there not also an issue with the wording of the NCHC contract that causes issues? I know they've done work to improve but I believe that is another sticking point that has nothing to do with Midco. Regardless, all of it is on the table for upcoming negotiations. I think overall Midco has done a pretty good job between the productions value, adding the extra shows, giving flexibility on games they weren't broadcasting and getting HD a full year before they were required. Obviously always room for improvements but for them paying UND for the rights to do it, its been pretty positive overall.

The $200,000/year is straight profit that UND gets. UND taking over wouldn't cost them that $200,000, it would be a lot more. You're discounting the actual costs involved with buying an HD truck (or multiple) along with having to hire a whole new staff to do both the production and advertising. Midco has the ability to spread those costs out among their multiple shows and schools they have the rights to, UND does not. I'm not saying it couldn't be beneficial for UND to take it in house (which remember they have tried in the past and moved on from) but someone offered to pay UND for the right to do something that was costing them money. Ignoring the actual monetary impact would be incredibly short-sighted, especially as the athletic department continues to look for new revenue. If it makes sense to bring it in house, by all means, do it. But if its going to be a financial drain then why not let someone else deal with the headache if they are willing to pay for that right? That also means negotiating the best deal possible for the fans, which with the work they athletic department has went through the past few years to get as many games televised as possible, I'm confident they would do.

Knowing multiple CableOne subscribers, I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately, it appears Midco isn't taking the chance and that is the stance they've taken, at least until they are integrated into the Fargo market.

Remember when UND used to block a bunch of kicks? What happened to that besides Bellmore graduating? They were pretty much good for one or two a game.

They were doing that until Midco handed them $1 million over 5 years to take it over and pay to produce it, at least for the home games. At that point, it was a no brainer on what was more profitable and made more sense for UND to do. On top of that, for the away games, UND would have to negotiate the rights from each hosting team. I'm not sure how profitable it would be for UND to take everything back over again, including buying the necessary equipment and staff, but as the article stated, something they will look into. Midco has been very accommodating for UND in basketball and volleyball, releasing the games they aren't broadcasting. The athletic department has done a ton of hard work to get those games broadcasted on other stations. The student run production has been excellent, exceeded expectations and has given those students great experience and one of the reasons they would even look at bringing games back in house. As for hockey, it has been stated multiple times, but Midco doesn't want to release those because they would then become available to households in Fargo that have CableOne and give people one less reason to switch over to them in a market they are trying to move into. I'm not sure how Big Sky conference games would work if UND were to take everything in house, assuming they would doing some sort of webcasting, which would cross over with Eversports. Tough to ask people to subscribe to a UND only service when all conference games are available streaming elsewhere for free (at least currently).

Credit to the OL and Coach Knauff for working hard and getting things straightened out. Credit the RB's for having great vision and seeing the holes and creases and taking what is there.

Their logo also is usually in the bottom to bottom half of any logo rankings because of this.

Do you think those people are dumb and can't figure out the difference? I guess I give people a little more credit than you.

Guessing there will be a little bit of a change this year with them moving to Baxter Arena. Previously, most people stayed right by the CenturyLink Center/Old Market area and everything was within walking distance.

Not just this particular thing, but you throw a lot of accusations of conspiracies around. Occam's razor has never applied. Kelley let three names advance because #2 and #3 were incredibly close. From his point of view, he thought that being more inclusive would help what has become an incredibly divisive process. I don't agree with him but I at least understand the point of view even if I think its wrong. If it was a conspiracy, are you also claiming the 116 vote margin was made-up as well? If that is the case, then you're accusing Qualtrics of being in on the whole thing as well, basically putting their reputation at stake. Or was it that once the vote totals were tallied and presented to UND, they decided to completely change course from putting the "fix" in for Sundogs to coming up with a completely new conspiracy of giving Fighting Hawks the leg up. The e-mails sent by people (myself included) expressing their frustration with the change helped them realize the importance of having a majority winner. They fixed a self-created mistake.

Do you own stock in tinfoil companies or just a customer?

Everyone is already so used to Santiago running wild, they aren't even considered highlights anymore. Wanted people to see something different for a change so they showcased Oliveira in the package.

Voted Roughriders again. Not sure how I will vote if it is eliminated. I can't get over my personal opinion on how bad Nodaks is. Think I'd rather vote FH while holding my nose and hope they get a good logo. Can't come up with a logo that "identifies" as Nodaks and as the Fighting Sioux nickname has shown, the logo makes a world of difference.

It's a good thing because if the 2012 game was in WaGrizz, that probably would have topped it. Hanson threw for 660 and Hardin had 333 receiving. UND's secondary actually looked like the better one of the two that game just by default.

Santiago and Oliveira play well beyond their age. Brady looked like he had a completely different gear. Hopefully he's past whatever nagging injury he had earlier in the season which in hindsight, hindered him more than originally thought. Clive makes a huge difference. Great strategy by Rudolph/Bubba to start Bartles and call a few QB runs before putting in Studsrud. Quite certain that final extra point was good. Seriously can not say enough good things about Ratelle. Always in position and doesn't miss tackles. The stop on the goal line was an absolutely amazing play, hitting Prukop from the side and still preventing him from falling forward into the end zone (video stolen from twitter).

You make it sound like he's picking random players and heaping undeserved praise on them. Prukop was pre-season All-Big Sky, was leading the FCS in offensive yards/game and is a Payton Award candidate. Zenner was one of the best players in the country and frankly probably one of the most talented opposing players to play against UND in the Alerus. If you have that big of an issue with Berg recognizing incredibly talented opponents, I think its you that has the issue (not to mention your shot at Prukop is fairly unnecessary).

Bold prediction. Just curious why you think support for Fighting Hawks going to fall off that much? Students becoming apathetic about it and the process?

I would have went Kenan Thompson for Matt Brownlow

I believe the saying is "If you have 2 QB's, you have none". Anyone know what happens if you have 3 QB's?

Doubtful, it is just no one has figured out what it is supposed to be yet.

I'm not sure first starts really are really comparable. Stick has been in NDSU's system almost 2 full years, including traveling with the team last year and taking the #2 reps since he's been on campus. Studsrud was a true freshman, on campus a couple months and running the practice team the week before his start. I think homer's main point was that in a vacuum, the stats that Studsrud is putting up (and winning with) are on par or better than what Stick did. Bison fans were happy with that, UND fans have not been. I get your point about it being his first start though.

Rejected headlines: "Local Man Still Has No Clue" or "Former Mayor Saves Money on Stationery, Wastes on Filings"

What are the proper channels? The consulting firm was hired to help with the committee. The committee has been disbanded.

Kudos to Dr. Kelley for listening to people and doing what was right. This was the right decision (that admittedly only came about because of self-inflicted circumstances made with good intentions that went bad).